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Belarusian
Etymology
From Old Ruthenian родъ (rod), from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.
Pronunciation
Noun
род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́ду, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural ро́даў)
- (grammar) gender
- (taxonomy) genus
Declension
Declension of род (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
See also
References
- “род” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.
Pronunciation
Noun
род • (rod) m
- tribe
- family, kin
- (grammar) gender
- (taxonomy) genus
Declension
References
- “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “род”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.
Pronunciation
Noun
род • (rod) m (plural родови, relational adjective родов)
- tribe, family
- race, kind, sort
- fruit
- gender (social & grammatical)
Declension
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
from Old East Slavic родъ (rodŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”), whence English root. Cognates include Latvian rads, Ukrainian рід (rid) and Polish ród amongst others.
Pronunciation
Noun
род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural роды́, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)
- generation, birth, origin, stock, family, race, tribe, lineage
- о́т роду ― ót rodu ― of age
Declension
Descendants
- → Kildin Sami: ро̄дт (rōdt)
Noun
род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural рода́, genitive plural родо́в)
- (taxonomy) genus
- sort, kind, genre, style, branch
Declension
Noun
род • (rod) m inan (genitive ро́да, nominative plural ро́ды, genitive plural родо́в, relational adjective родово́й)
- (grammar) gender, class
- мужско́й род ― mužskój rod ― masculine gender
- же́нский род ― žénskij rod ― feminine gender
- сре́дний род ― srédnij rod ― neuter gender
- о́бщий род ― óbščij rod ― common gender
Declension
Related terms
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *radás.
Pronunciation
Noun
ро̑д m (Latin spelling rȏd)
- gender
- (botany) genus
- relative, relation
- fruit, crop, extraction (rarely used in these senses)
- family, stock, lineage, kin, race
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “род” in Hrvatski jezični portal